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A little vid I made using Lucky Star... with this vid, I ironically wanted to show some love between Konata and Kagami... that's right, this is supposed to be an upbeat-ish shoujo-ai vid.
So well, while the concept might be kinda original (haven't seen any other KonataxKagami amv prior to this, maybe some slide show on the tube but that's it), the execution... is kinda cliché. Lots of colors, stars, masks and so on, and so forth.
Hopefully, it'll still be enjoyable... I actually put a lot of effort into this well, I can't really say that 'cause if I didn't slack and actually put more effort into this, it would have been ended by August, I think, but still I did do my best to make it, as hopefully it shows. I started it in mid-April, and made maybe the first 10 secs or so... then didn't do anything in May. Then in June, my internet died, and I was almost 2 months without internet... so I edited a bit during June and the first half of July, and I eventually reached about 45 secs, I think. Then in about mid-July my internet came back to life, so I didn't edit until the very end of August. Then in September/October... I didn't edit much, really, school was already a PITA on that side, but I was able to pass the minute mark. I eventually sent a beta version to Youmacon, and apparently most of the crowd went "WTF!" since it ended suddenly... sorry for that! ^^' Then in November school really killed me, and slacking aside, I could really edit for only about a week total in the month. Then I decided that I had to release it by Christmas 'cause it would have been cool since there was this special xmas edition of the 'Pan Di Stelle' (my favorite cookies... yes, there *IS* a reason for the title to be 'Cookies', and yes, those cookies would be the ones in the background of the intro), and did my best for it, even if school was even more killing.
Anyway I digress, you prolly aren't much interested in how much I slacked to edit this, so...
...ehr...
...yeah, there isn't much else to this. I love the KonataxKagami pairing, and since I had quite some fanarts laying around, I decided that it was doable. The song didn't take much time to find... since I'm a DDR/StepMania addict, I decided that this was the perfect song very soon, since I wanted to use a song that had lyrics about love, yet had a funny/joking tone to it. I used the DDR cut version of the song, 'cause I would have lacked scenes otherwise, and I tried to follow the lyrics as best as I could (granted, in a point specifically, since I didn't have any clue to a usable scene, I actually went on and used a scene that looked almost the exact opposite of what the lyrics said).
Here's the lyrics of the song, if you're interested:

I thought a little bit of you today
Look how I fancied up myself for you
So look a little bit at me today
You know you gotta try a little harder
So you can be my, my, my, my darling!

Smile a little smile, let’s enjoy the moment now
And just have a good time
(A good time!)
Try it baby, “Good!”
Just a little bit of lovin’, gonna feel so fine

Is it really true that you feel the same way too
And hope we’ll be together?
Now you know that I love you
Love you - love you, love you, love you
Love’s true, love you – love’s true, love you, love you!

When I’m sitting thinking of (Wow, wow, wow)
The funny word we call love (Wow, wow, wow)
I still don’t think of you at first
My family still comes above
Whoo!

Btw, to edit this I used:
- Photoshop: for the star brush... >_>"
- After Effects: for the backgrounds full of star-shaped particles and the masks.
- Premiere: Main editing tool.
And obviously the various stuff in the AMVApp, in order to filter, encode, etc.

The drumroll in the intro isn't from the song of the amv, it's from a song by "hito-ookami->fether->AM" and called "happines^3 ocean (Re-fine)", if you're interested.
Oh, and I have used a kind of spoiler-ish scene from the Lucky Star OVA in the credits... I didn't list it in the sources since I haven't used it in the actual amv, but consider yourselves warned... >_>"

Well, that's all, hope you'll enjoy the vid!

UPDATE: A 720p upscaled version is now available. While the bigger resolution doesn't bring more actual detail, I postprocessed it so that it should look better, especially on bigger monitors.

UPDATE 06/04/2010: This video has been featured on The Shades' fandom paradise!
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IndirectAVI (.avi) 7162/160 kbps DX50/MP3 00:02:08 111 Mb Last Checked:2008-12-25 17:09:37200OK
Xvid version. Weights much more, for about the same quality, maybe even a bit worse. Get this if you can't play the h264 on LOCAL. Also, tell me if the link isn't working for some reason.

IndirectMPEG4 (.mp4) 4000/128 kbps H.264/AAC 00:02:08 93.55 Mb Last Checked:2009-01-02 13:43:04200OK
This is an upscaled and postprocessed version that I encoded since most people were pointing out that the video had quality issues, especially on bigger screens. While the higher resolution doesn't bring more actual detail, the quality should still be much improved. I also encoded it with a higher bitrate and that helped too.